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Thermo Scientific Trace 1300 Series GC

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The Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC offers the most versatile gas chromatograph platform in the market, with unique "instant connect" modularity for ground-breaking ease of use and performance, setting a new era in GC technology.The Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC is the ideal budget-conscious investment for the basic routine laboratory when lower operator expertise requires ease of use with minimal instrument interaction. Its simplified user-interface is also ideal for 24/7 operations that require single-button start/stop/maintenance local interactions while maintaining full programmability through the networked control software.Interchangeable modules free your laboratory from the challenges and constraints of the past. Remove the complexity and eliminate the need for spec...Read more

"-we use it with 2 detectors (ECD,FID)
-current software (2015) partially too complicated
-renaming of the 2 detetctors in something else than front- and backdetector not possible or only with huge effort,
-some software bugs
greatest flaw however:
fan on the top (not the oven fan) does not shut down even if the oven is not heated and gc does not collect data, it runs permanent with an annoying noise. needs current, annoys, and is the first part which clould be defect
long time experience not yet available"

Manufacturer's Response"(1) The fan on top of the TRACE 1300 Series GC produces, on average, around ~20 dB of noise. When a GC (or GC-MS) system is in operation, the noise from the (yet another) GC oven fan (and/or from the Edwards Vacuum RV3 fore pump) does not typically exceed 37 to 42 dB. It is true that if you have an office desk right next to a GC or GC-MS system and you have to spend an entire day next to the instrument, the noise is annoying. It is also true that having an office desk outside of the lab is nowadays a standard practice. Thermo Scientific does not recommend performing 8-hour-a-day office work next to a GC, whoever makes it.

(2) Thermo Scientific offers many software platforms for GC & GC-MS. In all of them it is possible to include the name of the injector or detector module into the tab name.

(3) We at Thermo Scientific GC & GC-MS business unit are very attentive to the quality of our products – both hardware and software, and are committed to fixing any bugs found and reported to us. The only “2015 version of GC software” was released on April 06, 2015 – and we are willing to provide it, free of charge, to Dr. Hesele or any other current user of TRACE 1300 Series GC at their request to usaus.gcms.licensing@thermo.com."

"Good sensitivity, easy to use, easy to change from EI to CI mode, has a direct insertion function, user friendly software. I would recommend it to a friend."

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The Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC offers the most versatile gas chromatograph platform in the market, with unique "instant connect" modularity for ground-breaking ease of use and performance, setting a new era in GC technology.

The Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC is the ideal budget-conscious investment for the basic routine laboratory when lower operator expertise requires ease of use with minimal instrument interaction. Its simplified user-interface is also ideal for 24/7 operations that require single-button start/stop/maintenance local interactions while maintaining full programmability through the networked control software.

Interchangeable modules free your laboratory from the challenges and constraints of the past. Remove the complexity and eliminate the need for specialized service assistance or new system requirements with modular injectors and detectors.